Paulis Silk Co., Inc.

National Labor Relations Board - Board Decisions

May 25, 1948

77 N.L.R.B. 933 (N.L.R.B. 1948)

In the Matter of PAULIS SILK CoAIPANY, INC., EILPLOYER and UNITED
TEXTILE WORKERS OF AMERICA, A. F . or L., PETITIONER
Case No. 1-RC-172.-Decided May 20, 194f8
DECISION
AND
ORDER
Upon a petition duly filed, a hearing was held before a hearing officer
of the National Labor Relations Board. The hearing officer's rulings
made at the hearing are free from prejudicial error and are hereby
affirmed.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 (b) of the National Labor
Relations Act, the Board has delegated its powers in connection with
this case to a three-man panel consisting of the undersigned Board
Members.*
Upon the entire record in this case, the Board finds :
1. The Employer is engaged in commerce within the meaning of
the National Labor Relations Act.
2. The labor organization named below claims to represent em-
ployees of the Employer.
3. No question of representation exists concerning the representation
of employees of the Employer, within the meaning of Section 9 (c) (1)
and Section 2 (6) and (7) of the Act, because the unit desired by the
Petitioner is restricted to the Employer's production and maintenance
employees at its No. 2 plant, and is, therefore, inappropriate. Plant
No. 2 (York Avenue) is only a mile or so from Plant No. 1 and its work
complements the manufacturing process of Plant No. 1. The ultimate
purpose of the Employer is to build an addition to Plant No. 1, which
it owns, and discontinue leasing Plant No. 2. The employees at both
plants are hired at Plant No. 1, are carried on the same pay roll, have
the same benefits, are under the same general supervision, and are some-
times interchanged. In these circumstances we find that the Peti-
tioner's proposed unit is inappropriate 1 and we shall dismiss its pe-
* Chairman Herzog and Members Reynolds and Murdock
1 Matter of Differential Steel Car Co , 75 N L R. B 714 ; Matter of Eisner Grocery Co
72 N L. R. B 721.
77 N. L R. B., No. 146. 933
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934 DECISIONS OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
I ition without prejudice to the filing of a new petition covering
an appropriate unit.
ORDER
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the petition for certification of representa-
tives of employees of Paulis Silk Company, Inc., at its No. 2 Plant,
Church Street, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, filed herein by United Tex-
tile Workers of America, A. F. of L., be, and it hereby is, dismissed
without prejudice.